Discipline zones

Editorial 12/11/2017

We hope that the ongoing clearing operations of sidewalks as part of setting up so-called discipline zones will be sustained and even expanded to include all the urban areas in Cebu City. We say urban areas because…

Against bloodshed

Editorial 12/10/2017

The comeback of the Philippine National Police in efforts to end the nation’s drug scourge should be met with utmost vigilance. Supt. Reyman Tolentin of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas said he believes this stage…

Protesting injustice

Editorial 12/08/2017

Before House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez asserted there is probable cause to impeach Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, critics already slammed the so-called case against her as a cause for her overthrow, not a call for justice. The…

Class suit

Editorial 12/07/2017

We hope that the boy who contracted dengue after being administered the vaccine Dengvaxia will recover from his ailment and that his parents keep a close watch over his health until after his system flushes out the…

Mao Ba?

Editorial 12/07/2017

TRAFFIC SYSTEM Netizens’ lauded the Mandaue City government for starting a three-month trial of real-time monitoring cameras capable of monitoring the speed of passing vehicles. A netizen named Gilbert Fuentes wrote, “Amazing, we can really see the…

Time to ban firecrackers

Editorial 12/06/2017

Even if President Rodrigo Duterte already issued a directive banning the use, sale and distribution of firecrackers, Mandaue City Hall’s citywide ban on firecrackers is still laudable if only to emphasize and enforce the President’s order on…

Vaccine fiasco

Editorial 12/05/2017

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Rene Catan may have felt vindicated by his decision to delay the implementation of the government’s dengue vaccination program for Cebu’s children early this year despite the insistence of local officials to proceed…

MAO BA?

Editorial 12/05/2017

‘INVEST LOTTO EARNINGS’ On learning that a Cebuano won the P29.7 million jackpot prize of the Grand Lotto 6/55 last Saturday, netizens were quick to offer all sorts of advice to the winner. A netizen named Michael…

Thinning out the Sinulog crowd

Editorial 12/04/2017

Next month’s Sinulog observance will be crucial at least in terms of whether or not the Cebu City government can decongest Fuente Osmeña Circle/Rotunda where the center of the celebration is and move it farther away to…

Hope for our land

Editorial 12/03/2017

There seems to be little promise of light in our polity. The Philippine government has officially withdrawn from peace talks with the communists, with no small help from rebels whose attacks in the countryside during negotiations gave…

Shedding blood in secret

Editorial 12/01/2017

When it comes to the government’s anti-drug campaign, it seems there are trust issues that need to be resolved on the part of both the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). Just…

Transport potential

Editorial 11/30/2017

There are two major developments in mass transport in Metro Cebu that, if properly implemented, can benefit the cities of Cebu and Mandaue. The first is Cebu City Hall’s decision to contract Uber and Grab into servicing…

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